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A. ALLEN. atented Nov. 8, |898.

UNION SUIT.

(Application led May 25, 1898.1

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALEXANDER ALLEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNION SUIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part o f Letters Patent No. 613,953, dated November 8, 1898.

Application tiled May 25, 1898. Serial No. 681,686. (No model.)

Toa/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residin g in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Union Suits, of which the following is a speciiication.

One object of my invention is to manufacture a union garment in such a manner that it will have an overlapping section at the breast.

A further object is to make this overlapping portion of an independent section, and a still further object of the invention is to so make the opening that the garment can be readily slipped on or oft the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a View of my improved union suit, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the unfinished body portion cut on the bias to form the opening, and Fig 3 is a triangular shield which is attached to the union suit and forms the overlapping breast portion.

Union suits opening from the center of the neck directly down are objectionable, as they are apt to gap open, and the buttons confining the two portions together make it uncomfortable for the wearer. Suits having openings across the shoulders are objectionable, as they are uncomfortable and do not allow of the free stretch of the material and are difficult to put on and take off. I overcome these objections in the following manner: A is the ordinary form of union suit, as shown in Fig. 2. I cut the body portion after it is made on the line w, forming two edges a a'. To the edge dI secure the edge Z7 of the triangular breast-piece B, Fig. 3, as shown in Fig. 1, and stitch this breast-piece securely to the garment, as shown, in such a manner that its overlappingedge b' can be detachably secured to the garment near the opposite shoulder.

The garment is provided with buttons c, which are secured to the inner flap A at the points indicated in Fig. l, and in the triangular breast-piece B are buttonholes b? in line with the buttons c,-so that the outer iap of the breast-piece can be securely fastened to the garment at the two edges and there will be no loose flaps. This gives a double protection to the chest, removes the buttons from the center to the sides, where they are not objectionable, and allows a large opening when the garment is unbuttoned, so Vthat it can be readily applied or removed without danger of tearing or straining the garment. Furthermore, the triangular breast-piece can be made perfectly plain or ornamented in the most elaborate manner, as it is made entirely in-v dependent of the garment and attached to the garment after it has been completed.

It Will be understood that hooks and eyes or other fastenings may be substituted for the buttons and that the buttons attaching the inner Iiap can be dispensed with if necessa'ry.

While I have shown a full union suit, the arm and leg portions may be modied without departing from my invention, and in some instances may be used on undervests or other underwear.

1. The combination of a union garment having an opening in the body portion cut on the bias from the neck-opening toward the waist, with a triangular shield secured to one edge of the garment at the opening and overlapping the other edge, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a union garment, of the body having an opening cut from one side of the neck down to about the center of the waist, a triangular breast-piece secured to the garment at the edge of the opening and overlapping the garment at the breast,y and fastenings securing the inner edge of the garment to 'the breast-piece and the outer edge of the breast-piece to the garment, substan= tially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALEXANDER ALLEN.

Witnesses:

WILL. A. BAER, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

